WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
April 6, 2021 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
De La Garza, Veronica (American Diabetes Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Odom, KeShana (Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacist)
Pitts, Jim (Baylor Scott White)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Against:
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Phenix, Billy (America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP))
Shrader, Melodie (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association)
For:
Hernandez, Gil (City Of Corpus Christi)
LaRue, John (United corpus christi chamber of commerce)
Against:
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Berlanga, Hugo (Self; Nueces county)
Brannan, Ryan (Coastal Windstorm Insurance Coalition)
Finley, Trace (Port of Corpus Christi Authority)
Flores, Robert (Texas Citizen Action Network)
Shipton, Patricia (Nueces County)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
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Against:
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
On:
Armstrong, Jennifer (Texas Windstorm Insurance Association)
Donovan, Kimberly (Office of Public Insutance Counsel)
For:
Janssen, Gary (Self)
Oswald, Meg (Houston municipal court)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hausenfluck, Amber (City of McAllen)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Youngkin, Brandi (City of Plano)
On:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
Thompson, Jay (Prudential)
For:
Hickman, John (Self)
Hoffart, Steve (Self)
Patt, Debra (Self; Texas Oncology, The US Oncology Network, Texas Medical Association
(TMA))
Rodriguez, Miguel (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Against:
Shrader, Melodie (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association)
On:
Fain, J.D. (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balat, David (Texas public policy foundation)
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Gulley, Annalee (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Mauro, Kyle (Legacy Community Health)
McCord, John (NFIB)
Pitts, Jim (Baylor Scott White)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Wright, Michael (AmericanPharmacies)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Phenix, Billy (America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP))
On:
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
Kralj, Nicole (National Association of Chain Drugstores)
Nored, Michael (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
On:
Krause, Trudy (UTHealth Science Center Houston Center for Healthcare Data)
Schuster, Kenisha (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Meroney, Shannon (Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHU))
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Pitts, Jim (Baylor Scott White)
Pogue, Stacey (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
On:
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
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For:
Kirkwood, Stephen (Vida Capital Inc.)
On:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
Against:
Vanhoose, Laurie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
McCord, John (NFIB)
On:
Schuster, Kenisha (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Feanny, Mark (Patient choice coalition of texas)
Fite, Diana (Self; Texas medical association)
Ford, Jonathan (Self; Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Addicks, Jeff (Self; Hospitality Health ER)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Chepkauskas, Daniel (Patient Choice Coalition)
Cruz Kerker, Juliana (HCA Healthcare)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Holzheauser, Craig (Texas EMS Alliance)
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For:
Pogue, Stacey (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Shields, Brad (Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
On:
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
Nored, Michael (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Album, Jeff (Delta Dental Insurance Company)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Meroney, Shannon (Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHU))
Trigg, Adrienne (Texas Medical Equipment Providers Association)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
Schuster, Kenisha (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Balfanz, Phillip (Self; Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Laroche, Sebastien (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Pitts, Jim (Baylor Scott White)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
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For:
Shipton, Patricia (Texas Healthcare and Biosciences Institute)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Nurses Association)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Phenix, Billy (Americas Health Insurance Plans (AHIP))
Shrader, Melodie (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association)
On:
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
For:
Rodriguez, Miguel (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Hickman, John (Self)
Hoffart, Steve (Self)
Holder, Austin (H-E-B Pharmacy)
McCord, John (NFIB)
Odom, KeShana (Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacist)
Wright, Michael (American Pharmacies)
Against:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Shrader, Melodie (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association)
Thompson, Jay (Talhi)
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On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
For:
Bruggeman, Adam (Self; Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Honea, Michael (Glen Rose Medical Center)
Lyle, Jeff (Self)
Silva, Ezequiel (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Chepkauskas, Daniel (Patient Choice Coalition)
Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)
Engelke, Tommy (Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council)
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Pitts, Jim (Baylor Scott White)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Trigg, Adrienne (Texas Medical Equipment Providers Association)
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
On:
Schuster, Kenisha (Texas Department of Insurance)
On:
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castle, Mary (Texas Values Actiom)
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Against:
Marlow, John (Chubb)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Donovan, Kimberly (Office of Public Insutance Counsel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Shipton, Patricia (Nueces County)
On:
Armstrong, Jennifer (Texas Windstorm Insurance Association)
Donovan, Kimberly (Office of Public Insutance Counsel)
Schuster, Kenisha (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Gergasko, Richard (Texas Mutual Insurance Company)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Simmons, Ron (Texas Mutual Insurance)
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
On:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Schlaud, Paul (Texas mutual)
Against:
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
On:
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Brannan, Ryan (Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation)
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For:
DeWitt, Cathy (USAA)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hadley, Elizabeth (Aflac)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Polan, Deborah (AIG)
Saxon, Lucinda (Texas Alliance of Nonsubscribers)
Thompson, Jay (Prudential)
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
Against:
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
On:
Dabeau, Jocelyn (Texas Professional Service Providers Benefits Trust)
Nored, Michael (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Against:
Pogue, Stacey (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
On:
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
For:
Balat, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Cook, Si (Texas Farm Bureau)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Sanders, Benjamin (Tennessee Farm Bureau Insurance - Farm Bureau Health Plans)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
Simmons, Carrie (Opportunity Solutions Project)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
Against:
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hammond, Bill (Texas employers for insurance reform)
Kolodzey, Patricia (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)
Pogue, Stacey (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
On:
Blakey, Jenny (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC))
For:
Marlow, John (Chubb)
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Polan, Deborah (AIG)
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
On:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Donovan, Kimberly (Office of Public Insutance Counsel)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
On:
Herrick, Chris (Texas Department of Insurance)
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Meroney, Shannon (Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHU))
Thompson, Jay (Prudential)
On:
Posey, Jake (Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (TAPIA))
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Marlow, John (Chubb)
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
On:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Department of Insurance)
Donovan, Kimberly (Office of Public Insutance Counsel)
On:
Aldredge, Vaughn (Texas Historical Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
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